Education

Last month, The Conversation featured a new master's degree in construction management at Hawai’i Pacific University. The General Contractors Association of Hawaii just stepped up to support the program in a big way, to the tune of $250,000.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on the Ready Keiki initiative to expand the number of preschools across the islands; Experts share the latest on Myanmar's civil war

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke talked with us about two initiatives she has taken on: broadband and early childhood education.

Punahou School President Michael Latham said Pukui's legacy inspired the naming of the building: Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons. This is also in light of the private school's recent revision of its mission statement.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on broadband access and early education; Upcoming workshops to collect stories about the Filipino experience in Hawaiʻi; The snapshot of native forest bird health

Senate Bill 3207 would allow DOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi's salary to be set by the state Board of Education. Critics of Hayashi's current salary say the superintendent should not be making a higher wage than the governor.

A new textbook to teach people how to speak, read and write Chamorro aims to keep the Pacific language from disappearing as the number of native speakers dwindles. The Conversation spoke to retired University of Hawaiʻi professor Faye Untalan about developing the curriculum.

What did this legislative session mean for tourism?; Endurance swimmers will swim around Maui in event meant to raise awareness of ocean health; New Chamorro language textbook

May 6 is the last day for Hawaiʻi public school employees to sign up for free Hawaiian language courses this summer.

A new research project is uncovering the history of reformatories or industrial schools in Hawaiʻi during the territorial period. Remnants of Hawaiʻi's first reformatory, the Waialeʻe Industrial School for Boys, still stand on Oʻahu's North Shore. As HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, uncovering its history is part of a larger community effort.